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title: 'Guides: Overview'
sidebar_title: Overview
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This section contains information about the development with Expo and Expo Application Services (EAS):

### <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-2"><CodeSquare01Icon />Development process</span>

Learn about the process of [building an app with Expo](/workflow/overview/) to help understand the mental model of the core development loop. This section also dives into additional configurations and workflows you may require during the development process to help you develop, deploy, and maintain your app. It contains in-depth information about [app config](/workflow/configuration/), [permissions](/guides/permissions/), [universal links](/guides/deep-linking/), [custom native code](/workflow/continuous-native-generation/), [web](/workflow/web/), and more.

### <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-2"><RouterLogo />Expo Router</span>

Learn about using different navigation functionalities from the [Expo Router](/router/advanced/root-layout/) library. It also covers a comprehensive [Hooks API](/router/reference/hooks/) that the library provides and other aspects of navigation such as [Authentication](/router/reference/authentication/), [Redirects](/router/reference/redirects/), [Testing](/router/reference/testing/), and more.

### <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-2"><CpuChip01Icon />Expo Modules API</span>

Learn how to add and use Native modules in your app using [Expo Modules API](/modules/overview/).

### <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-2"><PlanEnterpriseIcon />Expo Application Services (EAS)</span>

Deeply integrated cloud services for Expo and React Native apps from the team behind Expo. Learn about [EAS Build](/build/introduction/), [EAS Submit](/submit/introduction/), [EAS Update](/eas-update/introduction/), [EAS Metadata](/eas/metadata/), and [EAS Insights](/eas-insights/introduction/).

### Other content

Apart from the essentials listed above, there are plenty of other features to explore such as [Push notifications](/push-notifications/overview/) and best practices on [distributing your app](/distribution/introduction/) to the app stores. We also have a collection of guides in the **Assorted** and third-party **Integrations** sections.
